-
Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
Spiritual Journey - Discovering Islam
We are licensed professional tour guides in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Polish languages. We love the unique historical richness of our city of Istanbul. In our tours, we limit the number of walkers with maximum 15 to have more motivated theme. You can always write to us about any special things you need during your visit in Istanbul. It could be about any how-to questions.
Tour description
Welcome to Istanbul Dear Walkers!
Islam is the major practiced religion in Turkiye and in order to discover its characteristics we desing this tour for walkers. As a route of the tour we have 2 Unesco World Heritage Destinations of Old City, Suleymaniye Mosque and Zeyrek Pantakrator Monastary.
In this tour program we would like to cover
> Practises and relations of muslims in the mosque context
> Funeral Process
> Dress code
> Social life in the local areas
> Halal food
> Islamic banking
> Sufism, mystical understanding of Islam
We will learn about the basics of the Islamic creed and its effects on the life of 1,5 billion Muslims and grab some free literature on Islam including a free Quran translation in many different languages. Then we continue our tour visiting the following places all in a row:
- Suleymaniye Mosque
- Suleymaniye Historical Ottoman Mansions
- The Aqueduct of Valens
- Zeyrek Mosque (Formerly a church)
- Zeyrek Cistern Panoramic Old City View Terrace
- Tokadi Sufi Cemetary
- Old City Local Butcher Bazaar
- Fatih Mosque and the Complex
- Atpazarı as a local muslim youth cafes
- Malta Bazaar
- Islamic Instıtutions, Charity Organisations (from outside)
We keep the number of walkers between 5-12 in our tours.
Please note that at the end of the tour, you are expected to tip the guide minimum 10 Euros or 250 liras per person
Themes of the tour #islamiculture #islamiccivilation #halalfood
Check other alternative tours by Istanbul official tour guides
https://www.guruwalk.com/walks/30330-grand-bazaar-and-suleymaniye
https://www.guruwalk.com/walks/30329-old-city-tour-from-constantinople-to-istanbul
-
Meeting point:Süleymaniye, Süleymaniye Cd. No:21, 3...Süleymaniye, Süleymaniye Cd. No:21, 34116 Fatih/İstanbul, TurkeyDirections
How much does this tour cost?
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).